massRosinRammler.H

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Class
    Foam::massRosinRammler

Description
    Mass-based Rosin-Rammler distributionModel.

    Corrected form of the Rosin-Rammler distribution taking into account the
    varying number of particels per parces for for fixed-mass parcels.  This
    distribution should be used when
    \verbatim
        parcelBasisType mass;
    \endverbatim

    See equation 10 in reference:
    \verbatim
        Yoon, S. S., Hewson, J. C., DesJardin, P. E., Glaze, D. J.,
        Black, A. R., & Skaggs, R. R. (2004).
        Numerical modeling and experimental measurements of a high speed
        solid-cone water spray for use in fire suppression applications.
        International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 30(11), 1369-1388.
    \endverbatim

SourceFiles
    massRosinRammler.C

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#ifndef massRosinRammler_H
#define massRosinRammler_H

#include "distributionModel.H"

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namespace Foam
{
namespace distributionModels
{

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                       Class massRosinRammler Declaration
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class massRosinRammler
:
    public distributionModel
{
    // Private data

        //- Distribution minimum
        scalar minValue_;

        //- Distribution maximum
        scalar maxValue_;

        //- Characteristic droplet size
        scalar d_;

        //- Empirical dimensionless constant to specify the distribution width,
        //  sometimes referred to as the dispersion coefficient
        scalar n_;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("massRosinRammler");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        massRosinRammler(const dictionary& dict, cachedRandom& rndGen);

        //- Construct copy
        massRosinRammler(const massRosinRammler& p);

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<distributionModel> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<distributionModel>(new massRosinRammler(*this));
        }


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~massRosinRammler();


    // Member Functions

        //- Sample the distributionModel
        virtual scalar sample() const;

        //- Return the minimum value
        virtual scalar minValue() const;

        //- Return the maximum value
        virtual scalar maxValue() const;

        //- Return the mean value
        virtual scalar meanValue() const;
};


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} // End namespace distributionModels
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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